Desert Devils Gymnastics is a privately owned gymnastics

Gymnastics

Gymnastics is a sport involving performance of exercises requiring physical strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, and balance. Internationally, all of the gymnastic sports are governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique with each country having its own national governing body...

 club headquartered in Mesa, Arizona

Mesa, Arizona

According to the 2010 Census, the racial composition of Mesa was as follows:* White: 77.1% * Hispanic or Latino : 26.54%* Black or African American: 3.5%* Two or more races: 3.4%* Native American: 2.4%...

. The primary business is recreational and competitive gymnastics instruction.

History

Desert Devils Gymnastics was founded in the 1970s by Mark "Stormy" Eaton. May 2, 1949 -March 15, 1995) Eaton won the 1971 NCAA Floor Exercise competition and earned a silver medal at the 1974 World Trampoline Championships. After Stormy Eaton's death, management of the club was assumed by Geoff Eaton who was an elite gymnast prior to assuming the management of Desert Devils. He competed for Arizona State University

Arizona State University

Arizona State University is a public research university located in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area of the State of Arizona...

 contributing to that teams qualification for two NCAA Championships.

Notable alumni

• Elisabeth Crandall: Placed eleventh in the all-around competition at the 1992 US National Gymnastics Championships and at the US Olympic Team Trials. She competed for Brigham Young University
  Brigham Young University
  Brigham Young University is a private university located in Provo, Utah. It is owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , and is the United States' largest religious university and third-largest private university.Approximately 98% of the university's 34,000 students...
  
   from 1992-1996.
• Carly Janiga
  Carly Janiga
  Carly Janiga is an American former gymnast. She attended and competed for Stanford University. She has won gold medals in IAAF World Cup competitions and was NCAA champion in the uneven bars in 2010...
  
  : Placed ninth in the all-around at the US Olympic Team Trials in 2004. Entered Stanford University
  Stanford University
  The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
  
   in 2006 and is a member of the Cardinal gymnastics team.
• Sandy Woolsey: Placed eighth in the all-around competition at the 1989 World Gymnastics Championships. She competed for the University of Utah
  University of Utah
  The University of Utah, also known as the U or the U of U, is a public, coeducational research university in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The university was established in 1850 as the University of Deseret by the General Assembly of the provisional State of Deseret, making it Utah's oldest...
  
  1993-1996 earning All-America honors.

Business Information

Desert Devils is operated by head coach and owner Geoff Eaton. Annual sales figures are over $1 million and there are approximately 20 employees.